Boston Bloggin: Day Two
Day Two was spent in the lovely Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. This iconic institution, named after its founder, a wealthy connoisseur of art who lived from 1840-1924, is nestled in Boston’s … Continue reading
Did You Bury Your Sardine? It’s Lent People!
Carnival, carne vale in Latin, means “farewell to meat.” We recently celebrated Carnival/Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras. We engorged ourselves on greasy meats, King cakes, paczkis and other empty carbs, perhaps even a … Continue reading
Celebrating Hellenistic Sculpture: A Victory Restored
How do you feel about restoring ancient art? There was a time when it was common museum/curatorial practice to actually restore parts of an object back onto itself. In other … Continue reading
Horror in October Part Two: The Female Monster
The monster is most often an embodiment of traditional masculine characteristics. If a monster is considered female, it has to be indicated so, otherwise we would probably just assume the … Continue reading
Et tu, Brute? Images of Ultimate Betrayal
As Captain Jack Sparrow put it so succinctly, “The deepest circle of Hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers.” These are the all-time backstabbers, the ancient screw-overs, the historic sellouts, … Continue reading
Visiting Michelangelo’s “David”
It seems a bit cliché to have one of the earliest posts on Greco’s Ghosts written about Michelangelo’s David, but I could not resist. I’d like to think that I have … Continue reading
